Bonus: A Christmas Carol Tea Time
What the Dickens? A Christmas Carol Teatime:
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Originally presented on November 27, 2023 by Dachelle McVey, Gena Mayo, and Alisha & Oliva Gratehouse
Enjoy the replay video below!
Order:
- Teatime with Mr. Dickens with Dachelle
- Christmas Caroling in the Victorian Era with Gena
- Simple Ways to Honor Christmas in Your Heart, plus create a Victorian Christmas card with Alisha & Olivia
- Teatime with Ghost of Christmas Present with Dachelle
Spotify Playlist Link:
The Christmas Carols of the Victorian Era Spotify playlist: https://MusicinOurHomeschool.com/ChristmasPlaylist
Want to extend the A Christmas Carol Teatime for the whole holiday season?
After your one-hour A Christmas Carol Teatime, you’ll want to continue the fun! Here are a few options for you from Music in Our Homeschool, Literary Adventures for Kids, Masterpiece Society, and Awaken to Delight!
Enroll in Christmas Musicals Mini-Course
This fun and easy-to-implement online course called the Christmas Musicals Mini-Course includes everything you need to easily implement “Christmas School” this December!
The mini-course will sell regularly for $17 but you can save 30% off if purchased by Nov. 30, 2023! Use coupon code CHRISTMASSCHOOL
When you purchase the Christmas Musicals Mini-Course, you will have instant access to all the tools you need for three weeks of super fun music appreciation lessons related to the Christmas season. Gena’s proven process provides no prep, click-and-go lessons for how to homeschool music during December so you’ll never wonder what your next step should be.
The three musicals you’ll study are:
- A Christmas Carol: the Musical (by Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens)
- Elf: the Musical (by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin)
- Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Enroll in Christmas Lit Camp
Are you looking for ways to keep your kids engaged during the holidays? We’ve got a solution for you!
Christmas Lit Camp has all the ingredients of a charming holiday camp PLUS books! Your kids will meet new friends and have fun based on a classic Christmas ghost story. It’s the perfect combination of learning and fun for your kids.
Join us on a Christmas tale of adventure as we journey through Charles Dicken’s beloved classic, A Christmas Carol – the perfect Christmas read for kids of all ages!
Enroll in A Very Merry Christmas Carol art course
In this brand new art course called A Very Merry Christmas Carol, Olivia creates pieces based on the story of Ebenezer Scrooge who receives a visit by three ghostly guests on Christmas Eve night. After these visits, Scrooge has a change of heart, and mends his miserly ways, vowing to always honor Christmas in his heart by giving of himself to others.
We will create five pieces inspired by A Christmas Carol in a colorful, Victorian style:
- Ebenezer Scrooge
- the Ghost of Christmas Past
- the Ghost of Christmas Present
- the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come
- a Christmas Wreath
On sale for $20 off – no coupon necessary!
Enroll in the Christmastide Morning Time Session
Also, grab a copy of Awaken to Delight’s Christmastide Morning Time Session
It’s on sale for $20 off – no coupon necessary!
Celebrate Advent through Epiphany (+ some Victorian Christmas traditions) with these done-for-you Charlotte Mason-inspired morning time plans! From elementary through high school, we’ve got you covered with this gorgeous 4-week study.
Everything is already curated, gathered, and scheduled out for you. All you have to do is print out the pages you want to use, gather your family around and enjoy!
The following are included in your 6-week morning time session:
- 6-week Calendar with each subject scheduled on it
- Prayer and scripture memorization
- Copywork selections from Elizabeth’s Song, The Magnifcat, Luke 2:6-20. by in primary, elementary, cursive, and a notebook sheet for high school students (and moms)
- Memory Work: Prayer, scripture memory, and poetry memorization
- Living Books recommended reading list
- Artist & Picture Study: Edward Burne-Jones with three printable art pieces
- Composer Study: George Frideric Handel with Messiah (+ listening link)
- Author Study: Charles Dickens
- Four Christmas poetry selections
- Hymn Study: Angels We Have Heard on High, with sheet music and listening links
- Folk Song Study: Here We Come A-Wassailing, with sheet music and listening links
- 6 Christmas Recipes: Christmas Pudding, St. Nicholas Honey Cakes, St. Lucia Saffron Buns, Sugarplums, Wassail, and Twelfth Night Cake
- 4 Stories for Teatime Reading: A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Little Women, Chapter II: A Merry Christmas by Louisa May Alcott, The Tailor of Gloucester, by Beatrix Potter, The Noel Candle, by Clement C. Moore
- Handicraft: Advent Wreath
- Art Lesson: Abstract Star of Bethlehem in acrylics
- Nature study: Christmas Flora and Fauna
- 2 Virtual Field Trips: A Christmas Carol play & The Nutcracker ballet
- And much more!
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